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Annual Report 2002 · ING Group 9
Home base for corporate staff
The new head office exudes quality with the
five theme gardens, the interior decoration and
the materials that have been used. Air, light and
space are the central themes. They make the
building an attractive place to work in.
Already during the construction, the new ING
head office received much attention, which is
not surprising since the building stirs the
imagination. His Royal Highness Prince Willem-
Alexander, the Dutch crown prince, performed
the official opening ceremony on 16 September
2002.
ING House is in line with ING’s tradition as a
property developer of landmark buildings. It is
the perfect home base for the Executive Board
and the approximately 400 staff members of the
Corporate Centre of ING Group.
The next pages introduce the interior of
ING House and some of the people who
work there. They include staff members from
different countries and cultural backgrounds
who support the Executive Committees of
ING Europe, ING Americas, ING Asia/Pacific
and ING Asset Management.
The nose of ING House
holds the auditorium.
It has a seating capacity
of 250. In the adjacent
atrium, enormous
drawbars carry the weight
of the auditorium.
ING House rests on sixteen
steel legs. They stand
freely on pins in large
blocs of steel in the
ground, a technique used
in the construction of
bridges.
ING House is only 28
meters wide, 138 meters
long and 48 meters high.
It is constructed like a
table on steel legs.
Visitors enter an entirely
transparent entrance.
Working at ING House